Obituaries: 08.07.07

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Nina Ester Braun

KINGSVILLE -- Nina Ester Malin Braun, retired co-owner of Television Center, a First Baptist Church member and nursery secretary, and a member of the Soroptimist Club and Ceniza Garden Club, died Aug. 4, 2007. She was 92.

Survivors include a daughter, Ruth Chiles of Kingsville; a son, Bill Braun of Kerrville; a sister, Mary Lee Hickman of Irving; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Aug. 8 at First Baptist Church.

Turcotte-Piper Mortuary

Jose A. Buentello Sr.

SANDIA -- Jose Arturo Buentello Sr., a former law enforcement officer for the city of Mathis and Robstown Constable Precinct 5, a retired Naval Air Station Corpus Christi maintenance worker, a founding member of Lagarto Community Church and a World War II Navy veteran, died Aug. 5, 2007. He was 83.

Survivors include a daughter, Vickki Buentello Miller of Sandia; a son, David Richard Buentello of Kingsville; 11 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Aug. 7 at Templo Jerusalem Assemblea de Dios, Robstown.

Ramon Funeral Home, Robstown.

Francisca Luna

ROBSTOWN -- Francisca "Kinka" Luna, a Catholic and a homemaker, died Aug. 5, 2007. She was 89.

Survivors include two sisters, Eufemia Rodriguez of Robstown and Simona Casarez of Corpus Christi; and a brother, Gonzalo Rodriguez of Dallas.

Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Aug. 7 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Robstown Funeral Home

Raul Serrata

Raul Serrata, a retired Corpus Christi Army Depot employee, died Aug. 5, 2007. He was 77.

Survivors include his wife, Desideria; four daughters, Sylvia Williamson of Arizona and Beatrice Sanchez, Cindy Serrata and Emily Treviño, all of Corpus Christi; a son, Frank Serrata of Arizona; a sister, Maria Adame of Corpus Christi; four brothers, Roberto, Ramiro, Tiburcio and Maximo Serrata, all of Corpus Christi; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Aug. 8 at Corpus Christi Funeral Home. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Aug. 9 at Holy Family Catholic Church. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Park.